Here at Cityline.ca, we love talking about books and what we’re reading and loving right now. In our weekly feature, Friday Reads, we give you a behind-the-scenes look at what Cityline guest experts and staff members are reading, as well as sharing the current picks of some of our viewers. This week, we’re taking a peek at the bookshelves of Winston Sih and Jenny Stranges!

Winston Sih, our tech expert

Jenny Stranges, one of our unit assistants at Citytv, has just finished reading Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington (Random House Canada), creative director of Vogue. Jenny was enchanted by this book; here’s what she had to say about it:

Much like with television, I knew that behind the scenes of fashion there’s an entire world that we rarely have access to. The documentary The September Issue released in 2009 gave us a snippet of life inside Vogue, and showed us a character responsible for much of the iconic photography in the magazine, and who is brave enough to stand up to Ms. Anna Wintour: Grace Coddington. Ever since that film, I’ve been sort of fascinated with Grace as a professional and a personality.

The book was everything I hoped it would be – part biography, part rise-to-fame, part behind-the-scenes. Coddington’s passion for fashion photography was palpable, and her words had a way of uncovering the layers of a seemingly superficial world. The insight into the industry was invaluable. Of course, there was profuse name-dropping, but that’s to be expected in a book written by a head-honcho in the fashion industry.

The book was a touch expensive – I’d attribute that to almost hundreds of photos included in the pages – but absolutely worth it for the fashion and photography lover alike.

What are you reading this Friday? Tell us in the comments what books are currently residing on your bedside table, and we might include your pick in next week’s Friday Reads!